to the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): 'I experience a severe and unusual menstrual flow, which has prevented me from fasting and praying.' The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said to Fatimah bint Abi Hubaysh: 'When the menstrual flow arrives, leave the prayer.' Among them is that it causes the obligation of prayer to drop, but not fasting, based on what was narrated that Mu'adha said: I asked Aisha and said: 'What is the matter with the menstruating woman that she makes up the fast but does not make up the prayer?' She replied: 'Are you a Haruriyya?' I said: 'I am not a Haruriyya, but I am asking.' She said: 'We used to menstruate during the time of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and we were ordered to make up the fast and were not ordered to make up the prayer.' Agreed upon. Aisha only said that to her because the Khawarij believe that a menstruating woman must make up the prayer. Among them is that it prevents the recitation of the Quran, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'The menstruating woman and the person in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) shall not recite anything from the Quran.' Among them: that it prevents remaining in the mosque and circumambulating the House (Tawaf), because it is in the same category as major ritual impurity (janaba). Among them is that it renders divorce forbidden;
= fasting. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/83, 3/45. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/374. Its wording is: 'Is it not that if one of you menstruates, she does not fast and does not pray?' (29) In M: 'and'. (30) The hadith of Hamna bint Jahsh will appear in full in the upcoming Issue 94. (31) Previously mentioned on page 277. (32) Referring to Harura, a place two miles from Kufa where the Khawarij first gathered, hence they were attributed to it. al-Lubab 1/294. (33) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: 'Chapter: The menstruating woman does not make up the prayer', from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/88. Muslim, in: 'Chapter: The woman experiencing irregular bleeding (mustahada), her washing, and her prayer', from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/262. Abu Dawud, in: 'Chapter: On the menstruating woman who does not make up the prayer', from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/60. Al-Tirmidhi, in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding the menstruating woman making up the fast but not the prayer', from the chapters on Purification. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/311. Al-Nasa'i, in: 'Chapter: The dropping of the prayer for the menstruating woman', from the Book of Menstruation, and in: 'Chapter: The removal of fasting for the menstruating woman', from the Book of Fasting. al-Mujtaba 1/157, 4/162. Ibn Majah, in: 'Chapter: The menstruating woman does not make up the prayer', from the Book of Purification, and in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding making up Ramadan', from the Book of Fasting. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/207, 533. Al-Darimi, in: 'Chapter: On the menstruating woman making up the fast and not the prayer', from the Book of Wudu'. Sunan al-Darimi 1/233. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 6/143, 232. (34) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding the menstruating woman and the person in a state of major impurity that they do not recite the Quran', from the chapters on Purification. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/212. Ibn Majah, in: 'Chapter: What has been reported regarding reciting the Quran while not in a state of purity', from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/196.
